Crash survivor Carl calls on more people who need assistance to use the railway
Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express, has appointed a new Accessibility Lead, wheelchair user Carl Martin.
Recently disabled, Carl believes “access to transport is access to life”. In recent years, the industry has been on a journey of improvement to ensure the railway becomes more accessible, ensuring that as many barriers as possible are removed and everyone can tr
Railway colleagues recognised in national public art exhibition
Two key workers from Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) are having their stories told by British acting royalty, Hugh Bonneville and Ciaran Griffiths, as part of a new public art exhibition created by global art producers, Wild in Art.
Gratitude is a spectacular national public installation which opens in London tomorrow at Southwark Cathedral, near London Bridge station. The installation pays tri
Network Rail joins Great Northern to tidy up Hadley Wood flowerbeds
Network Rail have issued the following press release about work at Hadley Wood station's Community Garden:
Network Rail joined forces with Great Northern to tidy up the area around Hadley Wood station.
Teams working on and around the East Coast Main Line volunteered their time to remove weeds near the station and tidy up the flowerbeds which had become overgrown.
It will improve the
Signals away – service changes this weekend as major project continues to digitalise London’s Northern City Line
Network Rail have issued the following press release about planned engineering work affecting services in and out of Moorgate on some weekends this autumn:
Trains between Finsbury Park and Moorgate will divert into London King’s Cross this weekend as work continues to upgrade track and signalling
East Coast Digital Programme will boost reliability and reduce delays on Northern City Line
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Costa del UK? The destinations on the country’s largest rail network that fool Brits into thinking they’re overseas
Govia Thameslink Railway - which runs Great Northern, Southern and Thameslink train services - has rounded up some British hotspots across its routes that would fool anyone into thinking they’ve jetted off abroad
Great Northern train tests successfully for first stage of East Coast Digital Programme
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Govia Thameslink Railway has successfully run one of its Great Northern Moorgate Class 717 trains using the digital in-cab signalling system ETCS level 2 (European Train Control System).
This provided important real-world proof of the track-to-train specification requir
Rail operator unveils new recycling initiative to make Brighton Britain’s greenest train station
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is aiming to increase Brighton station’s recycling rates to 95% with a new waste unit
Great Northern highly commended at rail industry’s Oscars
Great Northern was last night (Thursday) highly commended in the industry’s answer to the Oscars, the National Rail Awards
Southern picks up top award at rail industry Oscars
Southern Railway was last night (Thursday) named Passenger Operator of the Year at the industry’s answer to the Oscars, the National Rail Awards
Downham Market station transformed into community art gallery
Paintings by Downham Market art students aged from 12 to 18 are now on permanent display at the town’s station for Great Northern passengers to enjoy as they return to rail travel